Silk, slaves, and stupas : material culture of the Silk Road /

"Following her bestselling Life Along the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield widens her exploration of the great cultural highway with another captivating portrait through the experience of things. Silk, Slaves, and Stupas tells the stories of ten very different objects, considering their interaction w...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Whitfield, Susan, 1960- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Sujets:
Material culture > Silk Road.
Culture matérielle > Route de la soie.
HISTORY / Asia / General
HISTORY / World
Antiquities.
Material culture.
Silk Road > History.
Asia > Antiquities.
Route de la soie > Histoire.
Asia.
Asia > Silk Road.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • A pair of steppe earrings
  • A hellenistic glass bowl
  • A hoard of Kushan coins
  • Amluk Dara Stupa
  • A Bactrian Ewer
  • A Khotanese plaque
  • The Blue Qur'an
  • A Byzantine hunter silk
  • A Chinese almanac
  • The unknown slave.

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